Life of Pi and the Long Ranger-论文代写范文精选

2015-09-27 来源: 51due教员组 类别: Report范文

51due论文代写网精选代写范文：“Life of Pi and the Long Ranger”通过读取用亨利·吉鲁给定的文章中，我获得了两部电影分析的一些新观点：皮的生命和龙游侠。根据吉鲁，当薄膜进行分析，其特征，有益的功能，效果不好和社会责任需要被考虑在内

Through reading the given articles written by Henry A. Giroux, I gained some new perspectives of analyzing the two films: Life of Pi and the Long Ranger. According to Giroux, when films are analyzed, their features, beneficial functions, bad effects and social responsibilities need to be taken into consideration.

Firstly, due to its enormous economic holdings and cultural power, Disney films’ ability to shape public consciousness is worth our attention. It is a remarkable feature of Disney films. According to Giroux, Disney film, a major form of popular culture, has great influence over vast segments of American culture. Michael Orvitz, a former Disney executive, claimed that Disney is not a company but a "nation state" which is not content to peddle conservative ideologies and has begun to provide prototypes for developing American culture and civility now. When analyzing Life of Pi and the Long Ranger, we should pay enough attention to their ideological influences on the local culture.

Apart from this, the pedagogical function of films also needs to be emphasized. By stimulating imagination and fantasy as well as reproducing an aura of innocence and wholesome adventure, animated films are regarded as vehicles of amusement for children. However, such films have exceeded the boundaries of entertainment. They play significant roles in many registers, especially the role they play as the new "teaching machines." Compared with traditional ways of learning such as public schools, religious institutions, and home education, these films can provide specific roles, values, and ideals more effectively. They combine an ideology of enchantment with aura of innocence when narrating stories that tell children who they are, what society is, and what it means to construct a world of play and fantasy in an adult environment. Life of Pi is a good example of such films which show the cruelty of society and the importance of having a strong will. Disney films not only educate kids more effectively, but also provide the image on which America constructs itself. They are more "real" than fantasy. So Baudrillard believes that Disneyland functions as a "deterrent" designed to "rejuvenate in reverse the fiction of the real." When we encounter some difficulties in policy making or city construction, we can be inspired by these films. Thus, when analyzing Life of Pi and the Long Ranger, we need to search for as many useful inspirations as possible.

Although Disney films have such beneficial functions, arguments about their defects and bad effects mentioned in Giroux’s articles should not be ignored when it comes to analyzing Life of Pi and the Long Ranger. In order to produce "emotional hooks" that lure young boys into the wonderful world of corporate Disney and turn them into enthusiastic consumers, Disney and a growing number of marketers and advertisers now work with child psychologists and other experts, who study young people to better understand children's culture, so as to develop marketing methods that are more camouflaged, seductive and successful. For example, Walt Disney imaginers have little to do with "dreaming" a better world and even do not comment on the world that today’s kids actually inhabit. On the contrary, Disney’s fantasy has no basis in reality, no sense of real conflicts, struggles, joys, and social relations. It becomes a marketing device, a form of hype rooted in the logic of personal interests and buying. Every child is vulnerable to advertisements of this kind. Although Disney always wraps itself in the discourse of innocence and family-oriented amusement. As a matter of fact, its dream factory is less a guardian of childhood innocence than a predatory corporation that views children’s imaginations as simply another resource for amassing earnings. For example, Hercules proves himself through a series of brave deeds, Disney turns him into a public relations hero with a marketable trade name for products such as "Air Hercules" sneakers. We should not fall for this kind of trick when analyzing films.

Last but not least, as a significant approach for children to acquire the knowledge and skills needed to live in the vibrant democratic society, Disney films should take their responsibilities in both cultural and politic areas

In my analysis of Life of Pi and the Long Ranger, online reviews of these two films were referenced in order to do a comparative analysis on the variable attitudes of different ages towards these two films. In addition to Giroux’s arguments, I employed a French theorist Jean Baudrillard’s point of view as well. He is a sociologist, philosopher, cultural theorist, political commentator, and photographer. He provides an interesting theoretical twist on the scope and power of Disney's influence by arguing that Disneyland is more "real" than fantasy because it provides the image on which America constructs itself. All in all, other people’s researches have paved the way for me to deconstruct the films. This summary adds some keen insights and new ideas to our group’s main arguments.-M